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Wednesday, March 05, 2014

Texas AG Abbott: Parents Aren’t Powerless Against Common Core

"Does a school district using Common Core in any way to teach state
standards violate the law?" That was the question asked by Senator Dan
Patrick (R-Houston), Chairman of the Senate Education Committee. The
senator asked in a December 2013 letter
to Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott in which he requested an opinion
from the Attorney General on House Bill 462, the legislation passed
during the 83rd Legislative Session that was intended to prohibit the Common Core State Standards Initiative from entering Texas public school classrooms.

The Common Core State Standards are the controversial
public education initiative in which 45 states and the District of
Columbia participate. Texas is a non-Common Core state. Yet, content
has been coming home from the classroom which was the impetus for
Senator Patrick's request letter in which he wrote, "certain school
districts within Texas are currently using Common Core to teach the
Texas state standards." Breitbart Texas has also raised concerns about HB 462 legislation.